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• NEW: Committee Sees Some Progress on Implementing WIPO Development Agenda (BRIDGES Weekly, 25 November 2009)

• NEW: WIPO Enforcement Committee Gives Development Concerns Centre Stage (BRIDGES Weekly, 11 November 2009)

• NEW: TRIPS Council Debates Public Health, 'Non-violation' Complaints (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 November 2009)

• NEW: Delhi Conference Sees Some Progress toward Tech Package in a Climate Deal (BRIDGES Weekly, 28 October 2009)

• NEW: EU Issues New Report on IPR Enforcement Outside Europe (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 November 2009)

• NEW: Tech Transfer Group Talks Food Production (BRIDGES Weekly, 14 October 2009)

• NEW: EU Releases Communication on Enhanced IP Enforcement for its Internal Market (BRIDGES Weekly, 16 September 2009)

• NEW: WTO Panel Allows Brazil to Cross-Retaliate on IP, Services in US Cotton Row (BRIDGES Weekly, 9 September 2009)

• NEW: WTO Rules against Chinese Restrictions on Foreign Books, Movies, Music (BRIDGES Weekly, 9 September 2009)

• Intellectual Property Rights Spark Debate in Climate Talks (BRIDGES Monthly, September 2009)

• Protection of Geographical Indications: The Indian Experience (BRIDGES Monthly, September 2009)

• ECOSOC Meeting in Geneva Tackles Global Public Health (BRIDGES Weekly, 29 July 2009)

• WIPO High-level Forum Highlights Opportunities and Challenges for LDCs (BRIDGES Weekly, 29 July 2009)

• Conference Signals Growing WIPO Engagement on Public Policy Issues (BRIDGES Weekly, 15 July 2009)

• WIPO Committee Reaches Standstill on Traditional Knowledge (BRIDGES Weekly, 8 July 2009)

• Way Forward on IP Issues at the WTO Still Unclear (BRIDGES Weekly, 17 June 2009)

• ACTA Talks Set to Pick up Next Month (BRIDGES Weekly, 17 June 2009)

• European Generic Drug Seizures Take Centre Stage at TRIPS Council Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 10 June 2009)

• WIPO Copyright Body Takes up Limitations and Exceptions, with a Focus on the Visually Impaired (BRIDGES Weekly, 3 June 2009)

• TRIPS Council Debates Way Forward (BRIDGES Weekly, 27 May 2009)

• WHO Tackles Intellectual Property, R&D Treaty (BRIDGES Weekly, 27 May 2009)

• WIPO Committee Sees Movement on Development Agenda Implementation (BRIDGES Weekly, 6 May 2009)

• USTR Releases ACTA ‘Summary’, Civil Society Wants More (BRIDGES Weekly, 8 April 2009)

• Public Policy Considerations Prominent in WIPO Patent Discussions (BRIDGES Weekly, 1 April 2009)

• Fight Over Generic Drugs Seizure Takes Centre Stage at TRIPS Council Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 11 March 2009)

• India Moves to Protect Traditional Medicines (BRIDGES Weekly, 25 February 2009)

• Brazil Slams EU for Seizure of Generic Drugs (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 February 2009)

• Dutch Seizure of Generic Drugs Sparks Controversy (BRIDGES Weekly, 28 January 2009)

• 2009: The Year Ahead for WIPO (BRIDGES Weekly, 21 January 2009)

• TRIPs Council considers disclosure issues; divisions remain (BioRes Weekly, 27 June 2008)

  
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NEW AND NOTABLE

• Dialogue: Transfer of Climate Change Technologies: Challanges and opportunities for Copenhagen and beyond
  Organized by ICTSD, 16 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Dialogue: African Dialogue on Technology Transfer for Local Manufacturing Capacity on Drugs and Vaccines
  Organized by ICTSD and UNCTAD with the support of the WHO and the European Comission, 10-11 December 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

• Dialogue: Workshop on Flexibilities in International Intellectual Property Rules and Local Production of Pharmaceuticals for the Southern Central and West African Region
  Organized by ICTSD, UNCTAD, BMZ and InWent, 7-9 December 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

• Dialogue: The WIPO Development Agenda and the Right to Development: Towards Bridging the Gap?
  Organized by ICTSD, UNCTAD, and OHCHR, 19 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: Assessing the Implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda: Insights and Options from Recent Research
  Organized by ICTSD and QUNO, 17 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: ICTSD-QUNO Dialgoue on IPRs in Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Public Health
  Organized by ICTSD and QUNO, 04 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: Recent Research on Piracy and IP Enforcement in Developing Countries: Issues and Lessons
  Organized by ICTSD, 03 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Publication: Technologies for Climate Change and Intellectual Property: Issues for Small Developing Countries
  By Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Information Note 12, October 2009

• Publication: Policy Brief No. 5: The Bayh-Dole Model in Developing Countries: Reflections on the Indian Bill on Publicaly Funded Intellectual Property
  By Bhaven N. Sampat, October 2009.

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 25: Access to Climate Change Technology by Developing Countries
  By Cynthia Cannady. September 2009.

• Dialogue: IP Offices and the Implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda:Challenges and Opportunities
  Organized by UNCTAD and ICTSD, 18 September 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Publication: Negotiating Trade, Innovation and Intellectual Property: Lessons from the CARIFORUM EPA Experience from a Negotiator’s Perspective
  By Malcom Spence September 2009 (Find here: Short introduction)

• Publication: Border Measures Concerning Goods Allegedly Infringing Intellectual Property Rights: The Seizures of Generic Medicines in Transit
  By Xavier Seuba, June 2009.

• Project: United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the European Patent Office (EPO) and ICTSD joint project on patents and environmentally sound technologies (ESTs)
  Joint Project description UNEP-EPO-ICTSD

• Dialogue: Innovation in Brazil, India and South Africa: A New Drive for Economic Growth and Development
  Organized by ICTSD, CEBRI, Prospectiva Consulting, and the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, 15 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: Climate Change, Technology Transfer and IPRs: Recent Developments and the Way Forward
  Organized by ICTSD, 11 July 2009, Bonn, Germany.
  

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 24: Innovation and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change: Lessons from the Global Debate on Intellectual Property and Public Health
  By Frederick M. Abbott. June 2009.

• Dialogue: Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright: Recent Developments and the Way Forward
  Organized by UNCTAD-ICTSD, 29 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
  

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 23: Technology Transfer in the TRIPS Age: The Need for New Types of Partnerships between the Least Developed and Most Advanced Economies
  By Dominique Foray. May 2009.

• Dialogue: The WIPO Development Agenda and the Public Domain: UNCTAD-ICTSD Side-Event at the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property
  Organized by UNCTAD-ICTSD, 30 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.
  

• Dialogue: The Negotiation and Implementation of IPR Provisions in Free Trade Agreements: Experiences and Lessons for Developing Countries
  Organized by ICTSD, the World Bank Institute (WBI), and UNCTAD, 16 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.
  

• Dialogue: Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents from a Public Health Perspective in the Arab Region
  Organized by ICTSD, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Health Organization (WHO), 14-15 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
  

• Publication: Issue Paper: Cross-Retaliation in TRIPS: Options for Developing Countries
  By Dominique Foray. April 2009.

• Dialogue: Reflecting on Recent Developments and Future Challenges in the Area of Access to Medicines, IP and Health Innovation
  Organised by ICTSD, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the University of Amsterdam, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 March 2009.
  

• Dialogue: Climate Change, Transfer of Technology, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
  Organised by ICTSD, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 March 2009.
  

• Dialogue: The WTO US-China Panel Report: Findings and Implications for the Future of IPRs Enforcement
  Organised by UNCTAD-ICTSD, Geneva, Switzerland, 23 February 2009.
  

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 22: The Global Debate on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Developing Countries
  By Carsten Fink and Carlos Correa. February 2009.

• Publication: Addressing the Interface Between Patents and Technical Standards in Technical Trade Discussions
  Policy Brief No. 3, February 2009.

• Publication: Does TRIPS Art. 66.2 Encourage Technology Transfer to The LDCs?: An Analysis of Country Submissions to the TRIPS Council (1999-2007)
  By Suerie Moon. Policy Brief No. 2, December 2008.

• Publication: A2K and the WIPO Development Agenda: Time to List the "Public Domain"
  By Dr. Uma Suthersanen. Policy Brief No. 1, December 2008.

• Technical Assistance: Evaluation des besoins d'assistance technique en vue de la mise en oeuvre de l'Accord sur les ADPIC dans les PMA: Boîte à outils de disgnotic. By Mart Leesti and Tom Pengelly
  

• Report: Final Report of Uganda Intellectual Property Technical Assistance Diagnostic Study, ICTSD in cooperation with Saana Consulting
  
  
• Report: Final Report of Sierra Leone Intellectual Property Technical Assistance Diagnostic Study, ICTSD in cooperation with Saana Consulting
  
  
• Technical Assistance: Assessing Technical Assistance Needs for Implementing the TRIPS Agreement in LDCs
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